29 November 2016
Obama extends global reach of US Special Operations death squads
By Patrick Martin, 29 November 2016
The global mandate of the new formation means US death squads could be sent virtually anywhere, from European cities to South American jungles, including in the United States itself.
US-backed “rebels” face rout in Aleppo
By Bill Van Auken, 29 November 2016
Syrian government forces have seized some 40 percent of the area previously controlled by militias led by the Al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front.
Israel carries out airstrikes against ISIS ally in Syria
By Jean Shaoul, 29 November 2016
Sunday’s airstrikes highlight the increasing danger of a wider war involving nuclear-armed powers.
Syrian war threatens to escalate as Turkey accuses Damascus of attacking its troops
US arms Syrian Islamists with surface-to-air missiles
More on the war in Iraq and Syria »
Trump considers asset stripper Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary
By Evan Winters, 29 November 2016
Ross made billions destroying the pensions, jobs and living standards of steel, coal, auto and textile workers.
Trump election boosts anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic attacks
By our reporter, 29 November 2016
Obama denounces recount effort
Republican Congress, Trump plan assault on Medicare
Trump names opponent of public schools to head Department of Education
More on the 2016 US elections »
Ohio State University attack leaves 11 injured, suspect dead
By Evan Blake, 29 November 2016
The alleged shooter had expressed concern about his ability to pray on campus due to the negative image of Muslims presented in the media.
Virginia declares opioid addiction a public health emergency
By Brad Dixon, 29 November 2016
The pharmaceutical industry, which has contributed to the opioid epidemic, is now hiking the price of naloxone, the treatment for opioid overdoses.
"No" vote in Italian referendum could spark banking crisis
By Nick Beams, 29 November 2016
Finance capital sees the referendum as a test of whether Prime Minister Renzi can push though “market restructuring” of the banking system and deepen attacks on the working class.
Austrian presidential election: Social Democrats court the far-right Freedom Party
By Markus Salzmann, 29 November 2016
Just days before the presidential election, the Austrian Social Democratic Party has paved the way for cooperation with the Freedom Party.
Poverty on the rise in Europe
By Elisabeth Zimmermann, 29 November 2016
According to the latest study by the Bertelsmann Foundation, 118 million people live in poverty in the EU. This equates to one in four EU citizens.
British government steps up attacks on state pensions
By Danny Richardson and Robert Stevens, 29 November 2016
The implications for pensioners of the recommendations of the Work and Pensions Select Committee are disastrous.
Huge growth in “precarious employment” in the UK
Colombian government signs revised peace deal with FARC
By Andrea Lobo, 29 November 2016
The government’s unpopularity has been deepened by its attempt to employ the discredited leadership of the FARC as a left cover.
Deepening social crisis underpins South Korean protests
By Ben McGrath, 29 November 2016
The hostility to Park is being fuelled not only by allegations of corruption but more broadly by her government's attack on working and living conditions.
Nearly two million people demand South Korean president’s removal
New in French
L’héritage politique de Fidel Castro
Par Bill Van Auken, 29 novembre 2016
L’héritage de Castro ne peut pas être évalué uniquement à travers le prisme de Cuba, mais doit tenir compte de l’impact de ses politiques à l’échelle internationale et surtout en Amérique latine.
Le budget allemand 2017 : des milliards pour l’armée et la guerre
Par Johannes Stern, 29 novembre 2016
Près de trois ans depuis que le président Gauck et le gouvernement allemand ont annoncé la fin de la limitation militaire, un renforcement massif de l’armée est au centre du budget.
New in Turkish
Fidel Castro’nun siyasi mirası
Bill Van Auken, 29 Kasım 2016
Castro’nun mirası, yalnızca Küba prizmasından bakarak değerlendirilemez. Onun politikalarının, başta Latin Amerika olmak üzere, uluslararası ölçekteki etkilerinin de göz önünde bulundurulması gerekir.
IYSSE Berlin Humboldt Üniversitesi’ndaki 2017 öğrenci meclisi seçimlerine katılıyor
Muhabirlerimizden, 29 Kasım 2016
Toplumsal Eşitlik İçin Uluslararası Gençlik ve Öğrenciler (IYSEE), Öğrenci Meclisi seçimlerine, militarizme ve savaşa; toplumsal eşitsizliğin büyümesine ve sağın yükselişine karşı bir hareket inşa etmek amacıyla katılıyor.
Türkiye Şam’ı askerlerine saldırmakla suçladı: Suriye savaşı tırmanma tehlikesi oluşturuyor
Jordan Shilton, 29 Kasım 2016
Bu olay, Ankara ile Şam arasında zaten var olan gerilimleri, büyük güçler arasında doğrudan çatışma riski yaratacak şekilde, topyekün bir savaşa dönüştürme tehlikesi oluşturmaktadır.
Trump’ın seçilmesi Türkiye’nin NATO müttefikleriyle anlaşmazlıklarını tırmandırıyor
Halil Çelik, 29 Kasım 2016
AKP, Trump’ın ABD başkanı seçilmesinden bu yana, NATO’dan uzaklaşıp Çin’e doğru olası bir jeo-stratejik kaymanın işaretini verirken, kendi otoriter gündemini daha da ilerletmiş durumda.
Trump bir savaş kabinesi oluştururken Kremlin daha iyi ilişkiler umuyor
Andrea Peters, 29 Kasım 2016
Kremlin, gerginlikleri azaltacağı ve “terörle mücadele”de ortak eylem temelinde bir uzlaşma sağlayacağı umuduyla Donald Trump’ın seçilmesini memnuniyetle karşıladı.
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Fidel Castros politisches Vermächtnis
Bill Van Auken, 29. November 2016
Castros Vermächtnis lässt sich nicht auf Kuba beschränken. Man muss auch die Auswirkungen seiner Politik auf den Rest der Welt und vor allem auf Lateinamerika berücksichtigen.
Fidel Castro und kleinbürgerlich nationalistische Politik
Bill Van Auken, 29. November 2016
Dieser Vortrag wurde am 7. Januar 1998 auf der internationalen Sommerschulung der Socialist Equality Party (Australien) zum Thema Marxismus und die Grundprobleme des 20. Jahrhunderts in Sydney gehalten.
F.A.Z. und CDU-Politiker fordern Atomwaffen
Johannes Stern, 29. November 2016
Nachdem der Bundestag am Freitag beschlossen hat, den Militärhaushalt in den kommenden Jahren massiv aufzustocken, beginnt nun eine Diskussion über die atomare Bewaffnung der Bundeswehr.
Frankreich: Fillon gewinnt die Vorwahlen bei den rechten Parteien
Alex Lantier, 29. November 2016
Fillons Sieg als Kandidat der Republikaner bedeutet eine Verschärfung der Sparpolitik und von Nationalismus und Militarismus.
Vor der Präsidentschaftswahl in Österreich
Sozialdemokraten hofieren rechtsextreme FPÖ
Markus Salzmann, 29. November 2016
Wenige Tage vor der Bundespräsidentenwahl in Österreich hat die Sozialdemokratische Partei (SPÖ) den Weg für eine Zusammenarbeit mit der rechtsradikalen Freiheitlichen Partei (FPÖ) frei gemacht.
Lufthansa-Piloten streiken weiter
Dietmar Henning, 29. November 2016
Ein Versuch der Fluggesellschaft, die Fortsetzung des Pilotenstreiks per Gericht verbieten zu lassen, ist am Montagmittag gescheitert.
Berlin: MAN-Beschäftigte demonstrieren gegen Stellenstreichungen
unserem Reporterteam, 29. November 2016
Mehrere Hundert Beschäftigte des MAN Diesel & Turbo Werks in Berlin demonstrierten am Montag für den Erhalt ihrer Arbeitsplätze.
Fidel Castro und kleinbürgerlich nationalistische Politik
Von Bill Vann, 7. Januar 1998
Dieser Vortrag wurde am 7. Januar 1998 auf der internationalen Sommerschulung der Socialist Equality Party (Australien) zum Thema Marxismus und die Grundprobleme des 20. Jahrhunderts in Sydney gehalten.
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- Fidel Castros politisches Vermächtnis (29.11.2016)
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- L’héritage politique de Fidel Castro (29.11.2016)
- Le budget allemand 2017 : des milliards pour l’armée et la guerre (29.11.2016)
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- Raça, classe e a eleição de Trump (21.11.2016)
- Estudantes secundaristas brasileiros continuam ocupações mesmo diante de enorme repressão (21.11.2016)
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Perspective
The political issues in the campaign for a recount in the US elections
29 November 2016
Three weeks after the US presidential election, the political crisis triggered by the initiative to recount the vote in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania is escalating.
Arts
Silent Night: A moving contemporary opera on the 1914 Christmas truce
By Fred Mazelis, 29 November 2016
The opera has received almost a dozen productions since its premiere five years ago.
The “Mark Twain of jazz” dies at 89
Mose Allison: 1927-2016
By James Brewer, 26 November 2016
Bleed for This and The Edge of Seventeen: Are these any match for the times?
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) dies at 82
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Reverse the rejection of club status for the International Youth and Students for Social Equality!
An open letter to the New York University Student Activities Board
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 29 November 2016
Earlier this month, the Student Activities Board of NYU, in an act of political censorship, blocked the IYSSE from establishing a club on campus.
IYSSE to stand candidates in 2017 student parliament election at Berlin’s Humboldt University
By our correspondent, 26 November 2016
Germany: Humboldt University Student Parliament opposes military advertising at university
Humboldt University Professor Sandkühler’s response to the IYSSE: A declaration of intellectual bankruptcy
Oppose right-wing ideology at Humboldt University: An open letter to Professor Thomas Sandkühler
The Fight for Historical Truth at Humboldt University »
Australia: IYSSE establishes student club at the University of Melbourne
By our reporters, 24 November 2016
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23 November 2016
All titles discounted from 10 percent to 50 percent during our annual holiday sale. Week 1: The Russian Revolution.
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Globalization and the International Working Class: A Marxist Assessment
17 November 2016
Mehring Books is offering this analysis of the transformation of world economy, first published in 1998 and now out of print, for both ePub and Kindle eReaders.
Commentary
Fillon presidential bid in France exposes bankruptcy of NPA backing of Hollande
By Alice Laurençon, 29 November 2016
Responsibility for the rise of Fillon and the far right lies above all with organizations like the NPA, which have blocked opposition to the PS from the left.
France: Fillon wins presidential primary of right-wing parties
The political legacy of Fidel Castro
By Bill Van Auken, 28 November 2016
Castroism and the Politics of Petty-Bourgeois Nationalism
Federal judge blocks new Obama administration overtime rules
By Shannon Jones, 28 November 2016
Lufthansa makes new offer to striking pilots
By Dietmar Henning, 28 November 2016
“Buried alive by the National Coal Board”
The Aberfan disaster in Wales 50 years on
By Margot Miller, 28 November 2016
Thanksgiving 2016 and the social crisis in America
2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony
Obama awards those who “have helped make me who I am”
Socialist Equality Party
Sri Lankan workers and students discuss Trump’s election
By our correspondents, 29 November 2016
Many people were keen to discuss with SEP and IYSSE campaigners the shift in world politics reflected in Trump’s victory.
New Zealand: Socialist Equality Group holds public meeting on US election outcome
By our reporters, 29 November 2016
The public meeting in Auckland presented a Marxist assessment of Trump’s victory to an audience of mostly young workers and students.
Sri Lankan SEP holds meeting in Jaffna on the socialist alternative to nationalism and war
By our correspondents, 28 November 2016
Report by Julie Hyland to the Third National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK)
By Julie Hyland, 21 November 2016
Report to the Third National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK)
Socialist Equality Party (UK) 2016 Congress resolutions
Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party: The strategic lessons
Socialist Equality Party (UK) 2016 Congress resolutions
For a new socialist movement against militarism, austerity and war
Meetings on the US elections
SEP and IYSSE public meetings
The election of Donald Trump: The political issues facing workers and youth
SEP public meeting in Colombo: The international implications of Trump’s election
Public meetings in New Zealand and Australia
The political causes and international implications of Trump’s election: A Marxist assessment
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: the Americas
29 November 2016
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
After six-month lockout, workers reject UAW-Honeywell ultimatum
By Jerry White, 26 November 2016
Sharp Healthcare nurses in San Diego, California to begin three-day strike
By Marko Leone, 26 November 2016
GE Appliances workers in Louisville, Kentucky reject concessions deal
By Shannon Jones, 26 November 2016
International Committee of the Fourth International
The International Committee of the Fourth International founds its French section
By our reporter, 15 November 2016
Build the Socialist Equality Party (France)!
15 November 2016
November 5 Antiwar Conference
SEP candidate Jerry White addresses Socialism vs Capitalism and War conference
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